Medicine is being transformed by machines that extrapolate valuable information from several data streams, systems that render typing obsolete, and medical schools where cadavers are no longer used. Medscape Medical News

That's the message from a small trial that hones the scant evidence base on managing acute preserved-EF heart failure. Dopamine had little effect; continuous-IV furosemide may have hurt the kidneys. Medscape Medical News

Medicare data show a downward trend in carotid endarterectomy and carotid artery stenting in the US, likely due to improvements in prevention and clinical management, researchers say. Medscape Medical News